Match-cover.



J. F. OMALLEY.

MATCH COVER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 28. 1915.

1,198,261 Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

14 TTOR/VEYS fill JOHN FRANCIS OMALLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATCH-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1915. Serial No. 58,426.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. OMALLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to covers for bunch matches, and the main object thereof is to provide a specially designed cover adapted for normal or conventional use, and also particularly adapted for use in connection with the match holders shown in my Letters Patent of the United States Nos. 1,066,311, and 1,11%,509, bearing dates of July 1, 1913 and Oct. 20, 1914, respectively.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a view of my; invention as used within one of the match holders; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an open view of the cover with a portion of the matches detached, as conventionally used; Fig. 1 is a rear view of the cover showing the line of perforations for detachment of the back and front flap when it is desired to use my cover in my holders; and Fig. 5 is a view of the cover before folding and also beforeattachment to the bunch of matches.

My cover is in all respects similar to those now in use with the exception that I widen the back and front flaps to provide shoulders 6 at the sides of the inclosed lower ends of the matches 7. To this end 1 provide 'a blank 8 narrowed at one end, at 9 Fig. 5, to provide said shoulders 6, and correspondingly narrowed for a short distance at 10 at the opposite end to form the tuck, the igniting material 11 being ailiXed to the longer reduced end, and a line of perforations 12 being provided adjacent the shoulders 6. The blank is first bent on a line XX, Fig. 5, to form the pocket 13 for the lower ends of the matches 7, this line being preferably midway of the end of the reduced portion thus folded and the line of perforations 12, after which the matches are installed and the staple 14; employed to clamp the matches and blank together. This brings the shoulders 6 on a line about midway of the depth of the pocket 13 and well below the line of perforations 12 whereby,

when the flap portion of the blank is detached, .a portion of the greater width of blank will remain to insure the shoulders 6 on the sides of the pocket 13. The blank 8 may now be folded over the heads of the matches, as on the line Y-Y, Fig. 5, and the narrowed portion 10 may then be tucked into the pocket 13 and the matches and cover are ready for vending.

For conventional use, the back and front flaps 15 and 16, respectively, are not detached from the pocket portion of the cover, and the side extensions thereof serve to protect the matches without interfering in any way with the opening or closing of the cover. However, when it is desired to use the matches in one of my holders the back flap 15 is torn from the pocket portion there by removing the front flap 16, after which the pocket portion 13 is introduced into the front opening 17 of the holder 18 and moved upwardly through the slot 19 to clear the igniting surface 11 above the holder, the shoulders 6 impinging on the under sides of the projections 20 of the holder, after which the set screw 21 may be tightened and the matches are ready for use, though only one at a time.

My invention is very simple and is lesigned particularly for my holders, although the book of matches so formed may be carried in the pocket in the manner 'of conventional books.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture for use with a match safe having a slot and shoulders in the top thereof, a book-like wrapper consisting of a pocket fold, adapted to be held in said slot, a back flap, a front flap, and a plurality of matches held in said pocket fold, said flaps and a portion of said pocket fold being widened to form shoulders on the sides of the article adapted to limit upward movement of said fold in said safe.

2. As an article of manufacture for use with a match safe having a slot and shoulders in the top thereof, a book-like wrapper consisting of a pocket fold, adapted to be held in said slot, a back flap, a front flap, and a plurality of matches held in said pocket fold, said flaps and a portion of said pocket fold being widened to form shoulders on the sides of the article adapted to Patented Sept. 12, 1 916.

limit upward movement of said fold in said safe, and said back flap being provided with a line of perforations at its unction with said pocket fold.

8. The combination of a match safe comprising a hollow casinghaving an opening in the front thereof and having a slot in the top thereof of less length than the Width of said safe to form shoulders at the top of said safe, of a book-like Wrapper comprising a pocket fold, a plurality of matches held therein, ignition material on the outer side thereof, said fold being recessed at its upper ends to provide shoulders bearing against said casing shoulders, and means for holding said pocket fold in said slot to project above said safe. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN FRANCIS OMALLEY. Witnesses THOMAS RYDER, FRED HULBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

